What is it? Set 519

[Rob H.]

This week's set has been posted:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/

Larger images:

http://imgur.com/a/s10lx


Rob

[Mark Brader]

3026. Something made in Canada. (Mixed French and English on the label.)

3028. Carpet-stretcher?

3029. Portable telegraph key, locked so that not just anyone can use it.
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[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> fired this volley in
news:l6259...@drn.newsguy.com:

> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

3026 Pop-up sprinkler head (cutaway)
..
3028 Carpet stretcher head
3029 vibrator operated spark coil (ignition coil), Probably as a lockable
ignition for a tractor or genset.
..

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> fired this volley in
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> http://imgur.com/a/s10lx

Ahhh.... Rob, 3029 could also be an early DC-operated neon sign
transformer, though I can't imagine why it'd be locked.

Lloyd

[Rob H.]

In article <XnsA2784757F46F5ll...@216.168.3.70>, Lloyd E.
Sponenburgh says...

>
>Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> fired this volley in
>news:l6259...@drn.newsguy.com:
>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>3026 Pop-up sprinkler head (cutaway)

Correct


>3028 Carpet stretcher head

Nope

>3029 vibrator operated spark coil (ignition coil), Probably as a lockable
>ignition for a tractor or genset.

This answer is right, I was thinking it was for a Model T but I don't know for
sure.

[phorbin]

In article <l6259...@drn.newsguy.com>, Rob_m...@newsguy.com says...

3025

is a Braille slate.

What's missing is the stylus.

[Ted Schuerzinger]

On 14 Nov 2013 01:31:17 -0800, Rob H. wrote:

> This week's set has been posted:

3027. Male chastity device.

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[Robert]

"Rob H." <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:l6259...@drn.newsguy.com...

3025 A bean counter.

3026 Sprinkler head

3027 Jar opener

3028 Carpet stretcher

3029 detonation control box

3030 Can opener

Robert

[Rob H.]

Someone sent me the photos at the link below, I don't know what it is and don't
really plan on posting it on the site but would be interested if anyone could
tell
us its purpose:

http://imgur.com/a/4JcxU

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> fired this volley in

news:l62f4...@drn.newsguy.com:

> This answer is right, I was thinking it was for a Model T but I don't
> know for sure.

If so, it's _truly_ an "after-market" coil, because that doesn't remotely
resemble the "Fordson" coil that was stock on the T-model and the A-model.
(remembering that the first ignitions on the T were magneto, not continuous
spark/distributor)

Not just the lock... the general layout is unusual for where and how the
coil mounted.

Lloyd

[Scott Lurndal]

Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> writes:
>This week's set has been posted:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>

3026 Lawn Sprinkler
3028 Tool for installing T&G wood flooring.

[j]

On 11/14/2013 7:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> In article <XnsA2784757F46F5ll...@216.168.3.70>, Lloyd E.
> Sponenburgh says...
>>
>> Rob H. <Rob_m...@newsguy.com> fired this volley in
>> news:l6259...@drn.newsguy.com:
>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> 3026 Pop-up sprinkler head (cutaway)
>
> Correct
>
>
>> 3028 Carpet stretcher head
>
> Nope
>
>> 3029 vibrator operated spark coil (ignition coil), Probably as a lockable
>> ignition for a tractor or genset.

This is about what I thought. The knurled nut is to adjust the points.

>
> This answer is right, I was thinking it was for a Model T but I don't know for
> sure.

No. The T's (not many) I've seen have a coil for each spark plug.

Jeff
>

[Bill]

#3025 - For setting type (in "type-setting)?

Bill

[Rob H.]

>This is about what I thought. The knurled nut is to adjust the points.
>>
>>This answer is right, I was thinking it was for a Model T but I don't know for
>> sure.
>
>No. The T's (not many) I've seen have a coil for each spark plug.
>
>Jeff
>>
>

At the link below are a couple of paragraphs about Ford cars and vibrators, it
starts on page 84:

http://books.google.com/books?id=MB8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Rob H.]

In article <MPG.2cee8fa07...@127.0.0.1>, phorbin says...

Braille slate is correct.

[Rob H.]

>3028 Tool for installing T&G wood flooring.

Yes, the patent calls it a floor clamp.

[j]

Thanks.

I did a bit more reading and it looks like Ford did not like master
vibrators, and when they did,it was a different set up.

It could be an after market for any number of other vehicles though,
bolted on the firewall.

All in all, very cool!

My grandfather had a car dealership that went under during the
Depression. I have a lot of multiples of parts that are no longer
recognizable as being automotive, yet very common in the day.

He had a junk car in the back yard that he said was very valuable, but
when he died, it got hauled off. Years later my mother saw the same type
vehicle in museum corner, and he was right!

Jeff

[DoN. Nichols]

Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

3025) Interesting device.

The combination of the rectangular openings in the brass sheet,
and the grooved brass or wood plate below it suggest to me a
device to hold type (I've used rubber type of various sizes
which matches to a grooved rubber holder, and this might be for
metal type instead.

The spacing is a bit wide for normal purposes, but perhaps for
setting some kind of puzzle answer it could work.

3026) My first thought on seeing the image (before I zoomed into it)
was one of horror, because it looked somewhat like a Curta
"peppermill" calculator which had been gutted.

However, looking tat it closer, it looks like some kind of spray
head which screws onto the end of a garden hose -- or onto a
pipe.

3027) That looks painful!

Perhaps intended to close on some kind of fruit to split it
apart.

3028) A device to jack two edges apart. Perhaps the right-hand end
goes against a wall and the left-hand edge goes against hardwood
floor to squeeze it tight against the previous one prior to
nailing it in place.

Or perhaps for compressing hand-set movable type?

3029) This looks like a high-voltage coil driven by a vibrator, and
switched on and off by a lock and key. Perhaps intended to make
a burglar's entry via windows too painful to be completed.

It would not be likely to be on the outside of a door to make
entry safe, because there appears to be nothing that the key
does which would latch the cover over the vibrator contact
adjustment to protect it from being disabled by something as
simple as putting a piece of paper or other insulating material
between the contacts.

3030) A pity. This number should be allocated to a specific rifle,
or a part for such a rifle. :-)

Anyway -- the crank turns a gear (visible as a disc with its rim
covered) which turns another pinion gear which engages the rack
gear in the edge of the bar.

The padded loop rests against the edge of something like
furniture, and the end with the hook looks designed to pull
nails -- or I guess that it could also be used to set the
triangular points in the frame of a window to hold the glass
pane in the frame prior to being sealed with putty.

I would like a different angle of view of the hook, but as I
said, it looks like it can pull nails.

Hmm ... at 16" length, it could also be for pulling the sides of
a frame (perhaps a picture frame, perhaps something else)
together during gluing, nailing, or screwing.

Now to post and see what others have suggested.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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[Rob H.]

In article <51bef4fd-a5c6-4005...@googlegroups.com>,
cmdrp...@gmail.com says...
>
>3027
>Probably an antique hard boiled egg cracker/sheller. Egg goes in, handles close
enough for the spikes to pierce the shell, lift off top shell, PROFIT !
>
>Something similar:
>
>
>http://img1.etsystatic.com/018/0/7301457/il_340x270.479686867_ql2g.jpg
>


Correct, it was for use on soft boiled eggs.

They've all been answered correctly this week, an update to my post can be seen
here:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/11/set-519.html#answers


Rob

[Stormin Mormon]

On 11/14/2013 4:31 AM, Rob H. wrote:

Posting from my desk top PC as always. For some reason,
rec crafts metalworking isn't showing messages, for me.
So,I'm reading rec puzzles at the moment.

3025 looks familiar, but I can't remember what it is.
3026 cutaway view of something. Water filter for under
the sink, maybe?
3027, we've had this one before, and I can't remember.
Maybe a puncture for grapefruit juicer lovers.
3028, totally no clue.
3029, no clue.
3030, no clue.

(now to read the answers... )



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[Stormin Mormon]

Got me, chief.

[zitfang]

Stormin Mormon <cayo...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:16Jiu.354675$Oj5.68616
@fx02.iad:

> http://imgur.c

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?ID=16774

They look similar.

[Rob H.]

In article <XnsA27DBA71DB...@69.16.179.21>, zitfang says...

Good job! Looks like you were correct about it being part of a scroll saw.


Rob

[Rob H.]

In article <31c780e5-799a-4981...@googlegroups.com>, mbuck
says...

>http://www.practicalmachinist.com/scrollsaw.jpg



Wow, didn't really expect to get an answer for this one, I'll forward it on to
the
person who sent the photos. Thanks for finding the link!

Rob